Life and Work
In 1993, Davies began exploring virtual reality as an experiential spatiotemporal arena for questioning habitual perceptions about nature and "being", and affirming our embodiedness in the world. Integrating 3D visual elements and spatially-localized sound with interaction based on breath and balance, her immersive virtual environment Osmose (1995) has been acclaimed as a landmark in new media art. This work was followed by Ephémère (1998), which represents landscape and the interior body as intertwined fluxing spatialities, and incorporates the participant's gaze as an additional means of interaction.
Davies is based in rural Québec and San Francisco.
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